Bachelor of Education Professional Development

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Completion of an AQF level 5 Diploma of Teaching or an equivalent or higher qualification in Education that includes a Pass in professional experience.

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3c – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy. The cost of testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old.

Special admission requirements

Experienced teachers who do not meet the above requirements may be permitted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor to be admitted to the course and be required to complete such subjects and other work as may be prescribed in addition to completing the requirements specified below.

Note: This course does not lead to teacher registration.

Students admitted to the Bachelor of Education Professional Development at an Australian campus will be required to prepare a study plan and have it registered and approved by the relevant teacher registration authority and their employer, if relevant, before they commence study.

Post admission requirements

Suitability to Work with Children Card (blue card):

This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. All students who undertake a teaching practicum in Queensland are required by law to hold a valid Suitability to Work with Children Card(which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland Police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course.

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points

24 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

The Bachelor of Education Professional Development builds on student’s existing teaching qualifications to enable them to meet the same Course Learning Outcomes as the Bachelor of Education courses. Students enrolled at an Australian campus must to enrol in ED4991 Independent Study where they prepare a portfolio that demonstrates evidence of attainment of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Students enrolled at an Australian campus who enrol in the Bachelor of Education Professional Development must prepare a study plan and have it registered and approved by Queensland College of Teachers before they begin their study.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education Professional Development, graduates will be able to:

Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of professional knowledge, practice and engagement with depth in the National Professional Standards for Teachers

Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of underlying principles and concepts, and teaching and learning approaches for the tropics in the areas of Indigenous education, education for sustainability, rural and regional education

Review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise professional knowledge, practice and engagement to enhance outcomes for diverse students

Communicate professional knowledge clearly and coherently through oral and written modes to students and key stakeholders during professional practice and engagement

Identify and solve problems and make informed decisions in diverse professional contexts with well-developed judgement and initiative

Develop and demonstrate dispositions required for effective teaching that embrace responsibility and accountability for professional knowledge, practice and engagement including collaboration with stakeholders.

We acknowledge Australian Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islander People as the first inhabitants of
the nation, and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students live, learn
and work.